diff --git a/src/hb-ot-color-cbdt-table.hh b/src/hb-ot-color-cbdt-table.hh
index 14459914e..963cf2ae6 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-color-cbdt-table.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-color-cbdt-table.hh
@@ -360,6 +360,16 @@ struct IndexSubtable
 
 struct IndexSubtableRecord
 {
+  /* XXX Remove this and fix by not inserting it into vector. */
+  IndexSubtableRecord& operator = (const IndexSubtableRecord &o)
+  {
+    firstGlyphIndex = o.firstGlyphIndex;
+    lastGlyphIndex = o.lastGlyphIndex;
+    offsetToSubtable = (unsigned) o.offsetToSubtable;
+    assert (offsetToSubtable.is_null ());
+    return *this;
+  }
+
   bool sanitize (hb_sanitize_context_t *c, const void *base) const
   {
     TRACE_SANITIZE (this);
diff --git a/src/hb-vector.hh b/src/hb-vector.hh
index b0a1e5e96..963b44630 100644
--- a/src/hb-vector.hh
+++ b/src/hb-vector.hh
@@ -204,6 +204,32 @@ struct hb_vector_t
 
   bool in_error () const { return allocated < 0; }
 
+  template <typename T = Type,
+	    hb_enable_if (std::is_trivially_copy_assignable<T>::value)>
+  Type *
+  realloc_vector (unsigned new_allocated)
+  {
+    return (Type *) hb_realloc (arrayZ, new_allocated * sizeof (Type));
+  }
+  template <typename T = Type,
+	    hb_enable_if (!std::is_trivially_copy_assignable<T>::value)>
+  Type *
+  realloc_vector (unsigned new_allocated)
+  {
+    Type *new_array = (Type *) hb_malloc (new_allocated * sizeof (Type));
+    if (likely (new_array))
+    {
+      for (unsigned i = 0; i < length; i++)
+	new (std::addressof (new_array[i])) Type ();
+      for (unsigned i = 0; i < (unsigned) length; i++)
+	new_array[i] = std::move (arrayZ[i]);
+      for (unsigned i = 0; i < (unsigned) length; i++)
+	arrayZ[i].~Type ();
+      hb_free (arrayZ);
+    }
+    return new_array;
+  }
+
   /* Allocate for size but don't adjust length. */
   bool alloc (unsigned int size)
   {
@@ -225,7 +251,7 @@ struct hb_vector_t
       (new_allocated < (unsigned) allocated) ||
       hb_unsigned_mul_overflows (new_allocated, sizeof (Type));
     if (likely (!overflows))
-      new_array = (Type *) hb_realloc (arrayZ, new_allocated * sizeof (Type));
+      new_array = realloc_vector (new_allocated);
 
     if (unlikely (!new_array))
     {
@@ -246,6 +272,7 @@ struct hb_vector_t
       return false;
 
     if (size > length)
+      // XXX reconstruct objects?! / destruct objects...
       memset (arrayZ + length, 0, (size - length) * sizeof (*arrayZ));
 
     length = size;
@@ -256,6 +283,7 @@ struct hb_vector_t
   {
     if (!length) return Null (Type);
     return std::move (arrayZ[--length]); /* Does this move actually work? */
+    // XXX Destruct?
   }
 
   void remove (unsigned int i)
diff --git a/src/test-vector.cc b/src/test-vector.cc
index 6418a84ae..521f2a171 100644
--- a/src/test-vector.cc
+++ b/src/test-vector.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "hb.hh"
 #include "hb-vector.hh"
 #include "hb-set.hh"
+#include <string>
 
 
 int
@@ -136,5 +137,18 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     assert (v2[2] == 3);
   }
 
+#if 0
+  {
+    hb_vector_t<std::string> v;
+
+    std::string s;
+    for (unsigned i = 1; i < 100; i++)
+    {
+      s += "x";
+      v.push (s);
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
   return 0;
 }